Movies: Steve Albini

Reel Old School is a documentary made by college students John Cotton and Brady Effler. It investigates the transition in the music recording world from analog to digital. Interviewing well known musicians and engineers such as Steve Albini (The Pixi...

A documentary film about the independent band UZEDA who brought a disruptive sound from Sicily to almost everywhere....

A fixture of the "indie rock" scene in the mid-90's, Silkworm left behind a unique catalog that is continually being re-discovered by critics and fans. Using extensive interviews with the surviving members, Couldn't You Wait? chronicles their unlikel...

"Danielson: a Family movie" is a documentary about unbridled creativity vs. accessibility, Christian faith vs. popular culture, underground music vs. survival, and family vs. individuality. The film follows Daniel Smith, an eccentric musician and vis...

Big Black recorded live at the Hammersmith Clarendon, London - UK, in the summer of 1987....

Documentary about the late Chicago artist and musician Wesley Willis. Filmmaker Daniel Bitton follows Willis throughout the Chicago area, riding the bus, talking to friends and strangers alike, selling his CDs to record shops, and going about his day...

Hot Doug’s: the Movie is a portrait of the restaurant, its owner, and its fans. It’s a window into the closing of a cult-favorite hot-dog stand in Chicago, and a peek into what created the phenomenon, the nature of fandom, the rise of restaurateurs a...

Big Black's final show, at the Georgetown Steamplant in Seattle, August 9, 1987....

The Dutch band The Ex has been around for more than twenty years. All this time, nothing much has changed. Only their music is constantly developing. From straightforward punk to improvised music - again and again, new ground is broken. The music, th...

"Recording Josephine" showcases the personalities and recording process involved in the making of the album, "Josephine" by Magnolia Electric Company. The album was recorded at engineer Steve Albini's Electical Audio in Chicago....

Recorded July 13, 1986. New Music Seminar showcase. Clear Out, Fists of Love, Big Money, Passing Complexion, Cables, Pigeon Kill, The Ugly American, Kerosene (Aborted), *Kerosene, *Rema-Rema (*with Peter Prescott)...

A musician with terminal cancer spends his last days recording a rock album with legendary music producer Steve Albini....